Journal-box lid.



E.. G. BUssE @L P. B'. HARRISON.

I JOURNAL BOX LID.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 6,1909.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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W/TNESES NITED sTArmE-s -1 i A:EDWIN G. BUssE AND PHILIP B. HARRISON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AssIGNons 'ro CHICAGO RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY,v 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, a Celeronl'rIoN or ILLINOIS.

JOURNAL-BOX LID.

S'peeiilcation of Letters Patent.

y51'aterrizad Jan. 9, 1912..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWIN G. BUSSE and PHILIP B. HARRIsoNcitizens of the' United States, residing at Chicago, Illinois, Ahave intion, in which- Figure `1 is an elevation of a journal bo'x lid of our improved construction. Fig. 2 1s a vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3` is a horizontal section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. vertical section similar to Fig. 2 and showing a modified form of the retaining spring arranged on the inside of the box. Fig. 5 is a vertical section similar to Fig. 2 and showing a further modified form of the A retaining spring.

Our invention relates generally to railway car journall boxes, and more particularly to the lids of the boxes and the means employed for holdin said lids tightly closed.

The principal o ject of our invention is to construct a simple, inexpensive lid and to provide the same with means for holding said lid in close engagement with the journal box, thereby forming a joint lbetween the lid and box which is practically proof against the admission of dust to the interior of said box. f

A further object of our invention is to provide yielding means on the interior of vthe box lid for holding said lid in close engagement with thebox at both top and bottom, which means yields readily when the lid is swung open to permit the delivery of oil and waste to the interior of' the bx.

To the above purposes, our invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

'Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the body of the journal box, which is ofordinary type and provided on top at the front side with a hinge lug 2, thesame being perforated horizontally in order to receive the hinge pin of.

the box. lid. Formed on the front of this 2 isa flat face 3,.and formed on the Fig. 4 is al ygradually inclines from the rear side of the lu to the front thereof.

Formed integral with the underside of the top of the box l, and immediatel adjacent the opening in the front of sai box, is a transversely disposed rib or lug 5, and formed in the bottom of the box immediately adjacent the openingtherein is atransversely disposed notch 6, which forms a seat for the lower portion of a spring carried by thel inside of the box lid, and hereinafter more fully described. The front edges of the side walls of the box 1, immediately adjacent the opening in said box, are widened, as designated by 7 in order to form ribs or flanges which extend beyond the side edges of the box lid when the Vsame is in proper position to close the opening in the box.

8 designates the box lid in the form'of a cui cast plate, and formed integral with the top175,

thereof is a pairof lugs 9 which are perforated I horizontally in order to receive hinge pin 10, which latter also passes through the perforated lug 2, thus hinging the lid on the box, and said pin 1s securedso in position by means of an ordinary Cotter pin 11. The lid 8 is slightly narrower in width than is the box l, and thus the side edges of said lid terminate a short distance from the outer edges of the ribs or flangesu 7 and said ribs or anges perform the function of deiectors to prevent dust-laden air from entering the joint between the.sid e edges of the lid and the box,'which action is impossible where the side edges of theeo lid' are flush with or extend beyond the side faces of the box: The bottom of the lid 8 extends below the opening in therfront of the box in order to provide a flange or extension which may be readily engaged bysa a hook or like tool when the lid is to be swung into an open position.

12 designates a Hat spring which is rigidly xed to the center of the lid 8 by means of a rivet 13. The free upper edge of said, 100

spring normally bears against the fiat face 3 on the front of the lug 2, and the resiliency of said spring tends to hold the lid in close engagement with the front of the box.

Formed integral with the upper edge of-.,105

the lid 8 is a rearwardly projecting flange 14 which, when the lid is closed, occupies a corresponding groove 15 formed inthe front edge of the lug 2, said groove being somewhat deeper than the thickness of thegllo l flange, thus providing sufficient space for air currents to readily remove all dust which may accumulate between the rear edge of the flange 14 and'the groove 15.

' Formed integral with the inner face of the lid 8 is a flange 16, which is so located that it occupies a position immediately adjacent the' inner edges of the opening in the front of the box 1,' and said iange serves as a protection againstthe admission of dust to the interior of the box and-the leakage of oil therefrom Fixed to the center of the lid 8 on the inside thereof, and by meansv of the rivet 13, is a flat spring 17, the ends of which are bent into S-fOrm, as designated by 1.8-, the outer portions of said bent` ends bearing against the flange 5 and seat 6 located respectively at the top and bottom of the' opening" in the front of the box. The resili ency of this spring 17 combines with the resiliency of the spring'12 in holding `-the lid in close engagement with the front of the box when closed,.t hus forming a dustproof joint between said lid and box, and by the particular arrangementv of said spring 'the lid is positively heldat both top and` bottom. `Lugs 19" are formed integral with the inner face of the plate 8 adjacent the center of the lid, which lugs engage the side edges of -the central portion of the spring 17, ,thereby holding said spring in the desired position relative to the lid.

I In the modified vconstruction shown in Fig. 4, the ends of the spring 1 7 are bent into the form of hooks 20, and the ends of said hooks bear against the lug 5 and seat 6.

In the construction shown in Fig. 5,- a spring 21 is securely ixed at its upper end to the central portion of the lidon the inside thereof, and the lower end of -said spring is bent to form a hook 22, which engages in the seat 6 when the lid is closed.

When 'suicient force is applied to the extended lower end .of the lid 8 to swing the same 'outward and upward, the bentedges of the4 spring 17 will yieldto such a degree as to disengage from the rib 5 and seat 6,

and the lid is now swung upward until the free end of the spring 12 engages on the fiat surface 4 `on top of the lug 2, thereby holding said lid in its elevated open position. When the lid is closed, the same is swung downward with considerable force, and as a result, the ends 18 of the spring will readily pass beyond the top and b ottom edges o the opening in the front of the box, and will rengage against the flange 5 and in the seat 6, thereby tightly closing said lid. A

In our improved construction, the joint between the lid and journall box is practically dustproof, inasmuch as the particular arrangement of the joint prevents air currents and Wind from carrying dust into the joint, and the lid is firmly held when 1n a closed position with the free ends of they t spring bearing against the edgesof the opening the journal box at both top and bottom. y

Itwill bereadily understood that minor scribed without departing from the spirit ofV our invention. We clalm:

Q1. The combination with a journal-box -provided with an opening, of a lid hinged thereto, a resilient ,member arrangedjon the outside ofthe lid, 'the free end of which engages a part of the journal box,fand a resilient member arranged on'the inside of the 'lid the Aends of which last-mentioned resilient lmember engage onv the journal box inside the opening by virtuev of their own resiliency.

2. The combination with a journal box provided with an opening, of a lid hinged thereto, a resilient member arranged on the outside of the lid, the free end of which engages a part of the journal box, and a resilient member arranged on the -inside of the lid, the free' ends of which resilient member yieldingly engage the interior of the box at points adjacent the opening therein by lvirtue of their own resiliency.

3. The combination with a journalbox provided with an opening, of a lid hinged thereto, a spring fixed on the outside of the lid, the free end of which spring engages a part of the box, and a spring fixed to the inside of the lid, the free ends of which lastmentioned spring engage the edges o'f the opening in the journal box at the top and bottom thereof by virtue Aof their own resiliency.

4. A journal box lid having a spring attached to the outside and a spring attached to the inside, and retaining devices mounted on the outside and inside of the lid and adapted to engage each spring adjacent its attaching means. v

In testimony whereof, we hereunto aix ourv signatures in the presence of two witnesses, this. 26th day of June, 1909'.

EDWIN G. BUSSE.

PHILIP B. HARRISON. 

